Makoto

Biography
Born the last son of a last son of the middling Yoshimoto samurai clan, Makoto had excelled beyond expectation at his filial duties for as long as anyone could remember. Possessing evident talent, character, and intellect from a young age, Makoto had spent most of his life training to be a member of the Dragonguard, the highest caste of warrior-princes within the elaborate bureaucracy of Kinzokuyama. As the last chance for his family to advance within the aristocracy, Makoto had passed every trial and fulfilled every obligation to join the elite warrior caste, except for the final one - to marry a daughter of the Infinite Tokunaga Dynasty, thus joining his clan to the that of the Kinzokuyama ruling Shogun.

In accordance with law and custom, Makoto was to spend the last week before his wedding living in the Palace of Temptation, a sacred place where bachelors of the nobility train, meditate, and practice the other courtly arts in a state of complete chastity, sobriety, and contemplation. As the final reminder of his vow to the Law before making his vow to his wife, each bachelor was also tasked with accepting the company and service of the 100 most beautiful and talented courtesans in the realm during their stay.

Makoto’s first great failure would be recorded by the historians of the Hogo people within his lifetime, known as the Week of the Thousand Disgraces. A orgy of flesh and plum wine that would begin in the Palace of Temptation and touch the largest cities north, east, and west of the imperial capital over 6 days and 7 nights, Makoto was stopped only when he ran out of land and vitality. Court police found him comatose on the southern shore on the 7th morning.

So great was the gravity of his shame that he refused to see his own family before being escorted to the lair of the Eternal Gold Dragon Kenchikka Ryu by the High Magistrate, the Grand Master, and the Shogun himself. Having been found disgraced but not unredeemable in the dragon’s flawless judgement, Makoto was exiled from Kinzokuyama, on the vague condition that he may only return if he restores his honor sufficiently in the eyes of Kenchikka Ryu to rejoin the dynasty and become a Dragonguard. Months later, he found himself in Helmsguard in search of his fortune.

After joining the party, Makoto was killed in action in the forgotten ruins of Jorgund's Bane.